Iwas so happy to see that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, even during the shutdown, is keeping abreast of the important things that he needs to take care of, like the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva, the Democrat who won a special election in Arizona on Sept. 23. My mistake. Even though Speaker Johnson does not have the constitutional authority to exclude a duly elected congressperson, he is stonewalling on this perfunctory duty (“ Who is Adelita Grijalva and what is the controversy over her being sworn in to Congress? ” Oct. 10). I guess Speaker Johnson has been too busy opining that Lee Greenwood should replace Bad Bunny in the Super Bowl halftime show.

— Wayne Carson, Baltimore

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